If you didn’t know, Nicholas Hoult and David Corenswet are currently on the promo tour for their new Superman movie, and boy, is it delivering.
For context, British actor Nicholas plays villain Lex Luthor in the film, the arch nemesis of David’s Superman. But, thankfully, the two are far from enemies in the real world, with Nicholas detailing a seriously intimate moment that he shared with his costar during a recent appearance on Armchair Expert.
Speaking to hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, Nicholas, who is 6’3″, explained that he ended up asking his costar to “hold” him after his wife, Bryana Holly, observed that he doesn’t know what it feels like to have that level of physical touch from somebody who is bigger than him.
“Silly, silly story,” Nicholas began. “I remember I was chatting to my wife one night, she was like: ‘It’s so nice to be held by someone bigger than you,’ and she was like: ‘You don’t really get that, do you?’ And I was like: ‘No, I guess I don’t.’”
“We were sitting there, and she was like: ‘Yeah, no one’s really big enough to hold you,’” Nicholas went on. “And she was like: ‘David could hold you.’ And I was like: ‘Yeah, he probably could.’”
Host Monica then joked: “Why don’t you ask him?” to which Nicholas matter-of-factly replied: “I did.” And as Monica and Dax expressed their disbelief, Nicholas added: “Yeah, he held me. And it felt warm and safe.”
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